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W. MASON.

MACHINE FOR FEEDING METALLIC CARTRIDGE SHELLS INTO TUBES. No. 271,886, Patented Peb.6,1883.

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B0 it,known mm. 3, WiLLIAiI Manors, of Xew Haven, in ill'i counlynfl lew Haven and State of ()onnecticnt, have invented 21- new 1211 movement in Machines for Feeding Metallic Cartridgefihails mm Zlfubes; and i d0 hereby declare ibe fnilnwirag'q whan taken in. mime-alien I wiah accnmpam n; drawings and the laz ters 1 (if referenne mar i. fibm'enn, m be a, full dear I: of ibe same, a 4 In part 0f 1:21.5 ni'eseni 141 Iaigura 1, a bf zbebopgmr Tamara Fig. tral seminar "25 :31 {113.62 .(Qih

Ting invnnlinn re 228 a denim: for ibnil mg izoiiow amicia nn'z-tridga bianl to maebines far cpemsia ngmn said. b1anksistance, cups in the. drawing press nr nanks to the header. Such lauks reqnirefi is be Iver--3 with line closed and {In w. g5 darin -3 for this clans @f r?" nave been made, cnn in'tin of a Wiseei revolriz within a banner 2v rying bunks on'its. periphery the which the {Z\""Q!J'EGIB the rave tiwwbe a. 0i:s,pas3ingmmagiizi mung of nub. happen in be pr mrd fbnbnnlr. In Line 5 21av lean is {Lil bar he blanks by he znztinzz of the books warm .nezn in the E: is n this class of n my invention gmrbinnhni reliltEE, and law; for its object to DJEE'POHHE Milli-- culties hitherto :sxisti in this class Q! rains and it cnnsists in a boppnr, preferably r ingg, having an annular grams on in; inner snrlace, w' i which a series 05 pins are nrcause of (lam-age i2 ranged in iii-2. aznne annular plane as the groove, and to revulrc in time snid plane, and brvjeciing forward tin) directinn of remintinn, 112+: end of zine pins substantially below :1 large mass of blanks tn bu full, and arranged in (i cum iient prmiiion in the bnppc-r, B1110 dr ving-shaft, arranged. in snilabin bnsi'ings, here rnnresented as a bearing llzrnng'zi: 2119 rereiver, and cnnsml 1L0 revolve by the up 'iczn aainn of power therein through a pulley, U, or ntibnrwisu.

0n the shaft B the revolving hopper is ur 'rangeal. This banner, as 11956 rnprnsenlmi,

of twn gnu-rs, i) 111, the dis'simz be- 1 {WO parts lining: in plane at right is of l 0 slm. K, the inner am inclined in'irnrd their s linn mi the inoa'v, a. nude. mm the n Wiiitu or lliblvgrrntnr lllanmter than thu bin. sinnfiil be somein be iii-d, illli deem-r than Um lengi'n 0i Hm blanks. gruc've an annular serizes m" lingers, b, arranged more Ul'lfiSS in number. These envied formed or projecting ring. if, arranged bctwrcn ibe two of flan hopper, so as in stand cengrown, tin. pins of considerably interim of tin;- Min 'lbrlingers are inclined forward in 23:2 rlnrciinn of l'm'oiutlbn, as been, in i n1 tin :eneiwr an ripening, XL 5, :Innlis ms the receiver inw the ppm, ilaeszn blanks lying in amass or less, crux a; like bmtnm of the in, tin! point. in the hopsn gwr J bin-s U11); blanks are ll will (:21 ne cur stnnu agita- {in-.1 a: sumac-qent change of (m: n! of {be blanks will on. bringing ibzric axis'parn-r nl'im'nlntiuil and over the is. hopper, and such as find that p( fslCll)l2 3'iil1l,l:Q month toward the lingers will bill upun tin: finger which may be presented thereto, as seen an; e, 1; butsuch as are otbnrn'isn prn and. will 1.1 carried around by the iingipnr until, by their (.m'n ra-vity,\tbey fail! bunk and in fi'u Inning mun pnsilinn is mnwintly nbnnggcib until uvrntually all will I linen in lFfliiU lingers. The blanks nunn: by Ll, linger as 1 'v, Fig. 1, are carried nmnnil will tin: lingers anal npwaml; and

new GI transverse nrbn (ban the to prevent their falling from the fingers as '1, where they pass from the guard and fall from thefinger in'tothe tube by their own gravity, and thence are conducted to the place. where the next. operation is to be performed upon them. The front of the revolving hopper is made of glasmso as to show to the operator whether or nntthere are blanks in the hopper or whether the work is properly performed.

By constructing the hopper with the annular groove and arranging the fingers in that -groove, the fingers so close the groove that the blanks cannot enter to comein contnct with the fingers, except they be presented with their axis inthe plane of the-groove, and the fingers cannotoou ze in contact. with anyblenks except such as, having found the said parallel position, present their mouths toward the tingers, so as to fall thereon. Hence there is no possibility of injury to the mass of blanks in the hoppermor to the tingcrs passing through the mass. 1 y 7 While I preferto attach the fingers rigidly to the hopper and cause the two to revolve togather, they maybe on separate shafts and re volve in the same-V relation to each other, or

one may revolve faster than the other, or the fingers in the direction ofthe feed and the 1105- per inthe opposite direction, or the hopper may remain stationary and the fingers revolve, depending upon some other means of agitating the blanks, such as the removal oithose blanks which naturally fell upon the fingers.

Instead of arranging the fingcrs in thei'orm 0t airing, they may be arranged upon an end- .lcss chain, as seen in Fig. 3, thelowcr one form ing the hopper, the same as in the first illus tration, and the fingers on the links of the chain working the same as in that case, the chain .pnsss over a wheel above, provided with the some guard, and delivers the blanks to the tube in the same manner. It will be seen, therefore, that it is not essential to my invention thdt the fingers shall be arranged in a ring or circular shape, it only being essential vto my invention that the hopper be constructed with an annular gmove, in which the fingers travel by the revolution ot' the shaft which carries them, and with or without a corresponding revolution of, the hopper, whereby the blanks jfnll into the groove upon the fingers, and are thereby taken upward over eguard and do livered to thefeeding-tubc.

The receiver A may be dispensed with and the mass of blanks introduced directly to the hopper; but I prefer the receiver, for the reason that it may contain it tDlJClA greater quantity of monks than could be practically .uoed ilf thehopper end deliver the blanks to the hop per its tlji'ose in thehopperarc token uwny;

While the employment; of thh guard to-positively ,retain the blanks on the fingers until they arrive at the mouthvotf the tube isdesir able, it may no-dispensed with, {and the rnouth of the tube or condo tor arranged at a point where the shells would naturally fall from the fingers by their own gravity. I therefore do not wishto he understood as limiting my invention to the'employment of the guard.

1 have designated the conductor as a tube, and in general practice a tube is used to conduct the blanks to the mechanism which is to perform the subsequent operations upon the blank; but I wish to be understood by the term *tube as' embracing any suitable conductor arranged to receive the blanks from the fingers and deliver them at any desired poiut.' I claimv 1. In a feeding device for cartrid ge-shell and similar blanks, the combination of a. hopper constructed with an annular groove, a series ofiuwnrdly projecting fingers .trranged'in said groove and so as to'be revolved in the same plane of the groove, and a d livery-tube to-receive-the blanks from the f agermsubstantially as described.

2. In a feeding device for cnrtridge-Tshll and similar blanks, the combination of shopper constructed with an annular groove,'a serics of inwardly-promoting lingers arranged in said groove and so as to be revolved in the same plane of the groove, with a gum d, over which the said fingers pass in their revolution,

and a delivery-tube, to the menthol which the said fingers are presented as they pass from the guard, substnntially'as described. 9

3. In ni'ccding device for cartridgewhell and similar blanks, the combination of a hopper constructed with an annular groove, a series of inwardly-projecting fingers arranged in said groove and so us to be revolved in the same plane of the groove, witha gnard, over which the said fingers pass in their revolution, and a delivery-tube, to the mouth of which the said lingers are presented as they pass from the guard, and a receiver for the blanks opening to said hopper, substantially as described.

4C- A revolving hopper constructed with an annular groove upon its inside, a. series of in- Wardly pr je-Gting fingers arranged in saidnnnulur groove and so as to revolve in the same plane withthehopper, combined with uguard, over which said fingers will pass in their revolution, auda'delivcry-tube, to' the mouth of m which the said fingers will be presented as they pass from over snid guard, substantially as described.

" 5. A revolving hopper constructed with an annuler groove'upon its inside, a series of inwardly-projecting fingers arranged in said an unlargroovo and so as to revolve in the same plane with the hopper, combined with a guard, over which said fingers will pussin theirrevo- Tuition, and a tlelirerytnbe, to the mouth of, 1 0

which the said fingers will be presented as @they pass from over said guard, imdareceiver stautiall'y as described.

' to the mouth of which the fingers will be preper, substantially as described.

;hopper,-a guard over which said fingers will constructed with an internal annular groove,

pass .in their revolution, and a delivery-tube, to the mouth of which the fingers will be presented as they pass from over said guard, sub- 7,;The combination of a revolving hopper a series of inwardly-projectin g fingers arranged in said groove and so as to revolve with the hopper, a. guard over which said fingers will pass in their revolution, and a delivery-tube,

sented as they pass from over said guard, and a receiver for the blanks opening to said hop- 8 A revolving hopper constructed with an annular groove, the inner surface of the hop- 5 9. A revolving hopper constructed with an annular groove, the inner surface of the hopper inclined toward said groove, and inwardlyprojecting fingers arranged in said groove and to revolve in the same plane with the hopper, combined with a guard, over which the said fingers will pass, and a delivery-tube, to the mouth of which the said fingers are presented as they pass from over the guard, and a receiver for the blanks opening to said hopper, substantially as described.

WILLIAM MASON. Witnesses: T. G. BENNE'IT,

G. E. Henson.- 

